by Joe Katzman | Aug 23, 2005 | Budgets, Industry & Trends, Issues - Political, Lobbying, People, Policy - Procurement, Project Management, USA
DID has covered the bi-partisan drive for defense procurement reform among U.S. legislators. The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) non-governmental organization has a couple of recent entries on its blog that highlight a couple of recent efforts to watch. One is...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 23, 2005 | Electronics - General, European Union (EU), Germany, Legal, Mergers & Acquisitions, Other Corporation, Sensors & Guidance
Vertical Integration The European Commission has issued a news release noting that a proposed transaction, in which German defense firm Rheinmetall will take over EHG Elektroholding’s 50% shareholding in AIM, has been approved under EU Merger Regulations. AIM is...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 23, 2005 | Delivery & Task Orders, Design Innovations, Industry & Trends, Leadership & People, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Small Business, Soldier's Gear, USA
Interceptor OTV(click to enlarge) Despite some past issues with the Interceptor vests, they are overall highly valued by soldiers in the field and ESAPI is an additional improvement. Indeed, the ESAPI ceramic plates are part of a sweeping upgrade of U.S. military body...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 23, 2005 | Contracts - Awards, Helicopters & Rotary, Protective Systems - Aircraft, Small Business, Support & Maintenance, USA
CH-46E Sea Knight Small business qualifier ArmorWorks, LLC in Tempe, AZ won a $5.5 million firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 164 Light Weight Armor Replacement System (LWARS) kits and six interim spares for the CH-46E Sea Knight Helicopter, including...
by Joe Katzman | Aug 23, 2005 | Field Innovations, Field Reports, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, People, Remote Weapons Systems, Support & Maintenance
CROWS Back on August 5/05, DID covered a $68 million contract for the CROWS system of remotely-operated machine guns that could be aimed and fired from within armored HMMWVs and M1117 Guardian ASVs. The Israelis have made use of similar systems from RAFAEL in their...
